Aerosol cartridge for pressing irons

ABSTRACT

The aerosol cartridge is a cylindrical container adapted to be inserted into a recess in a pressing iron and having at its one end downwardly and outwardly directed tubes which communicate through passages in the pressing iron leading to the material being pressed, and having means at its other end for operating the aerosol container.

[1s] 3,67%,433 1451 June 2%, 1972 AEROSOL CARTRIDGE FOR PRESSING IRONSInventors: Peter D. Hardwick, Baboosic Lake Road, RFD #1, Amherst, NH.03031; John J. Trombetta, 57 Plattsville Ave., Norwalk, Conn. 06857Filed: Oct. 19, 1970 Appl. No.: 81,668

US. Cl ..38/77.3, 222/394 Int. Cl. ..D06f 75/06 Field of Search..38/77.3, 77.5; 222/394 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS3,101,562 8/1963 Crawford ..38/77.3 3,300,884 l/1967 Giarrafia et al..3s/77.3

Primary Examiner-Patrick D. Lawson Attorney-Scrivener, Parker, Scrivener& Clarke [57] ABSTRACT The aerosol cartridge is a cylindrical containeradapted to be @inserted into a recess in a pressing iron and having atits one end downwardly and outwardly directed tubes which commu- !nicatethrough passages in the pressing iron leading to the material beingpressed, and having means at its other end for "operating the aerosolcontainer.

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INVENTORS PETER D. HARDWICK JOHN J. TROMBETTA Pic/W MJWW ZM ATTORNEYS 1AEROSOL CARTRIDGE FOR PRESSING moms DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSDESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In pressing fabrics such as clothes and thelike it is often desirable to use starch, and this has heretofore beenapplied to the fabric before or after the pressing operation in a greatvariety of ways which need not be described in detail in thisspecification, except to say that the starch is usually applied in anaqueous solution. By the present invention I have provided meansincorporated into the pressing iron itself which, when operated, willrelease a spray or mist of an aqueous solution of starch directly ontothe fabric being pressed, thereby eliminating the necessity for externalmeans for applying starch and insuring that such application may beaccomplished during the pressing operation itself.

in FIG. 1 of the drawings there is illustrated a pressing iron which maybe of any desired type, construction or heating means, such as electric,steam, gas or other, and having a body portion 2, a bottom pressingsurface 4, and a handle 6. Adjacent its forward end 8 the body of theiron is formed with a preferably cylindrical recess or cavity 10 havinga vertical axis, the upper end of the cavity being adjacent the upperpart of the handle 6 and the lower end being adjacent the bottom surfaceof the iron. This recess or cavity is communicated by two outwardly anddownwardly inclined passages 12 with recesses 14 which are formed in thecorners formed by the bottom and side walls of the iron adjacent thefront end thereof, for a purpose which will be described.

In accordance with the present invention I have provided as a newarticle of manufacture a cylindrical container 20 which is of such sizethat it will fit within and substantially fill the recess 10. Adjacentits lower end the container is provided with two outwardly anddownwardly inclined tubes 22 which are positioned and adapted toregister with and extend into the passages 12 in the body of the iron.These tubes communicate with the interior of the container 20 and areadapted and intended to direct the contents of the container into therecesses 14 at the opposite sides of the iron at the forward end thereofand onto the fabric being pressed. At its upper end the container isprovided with a button 30 which is normally held in a raised inoperativeposition by spring means 32 and which extends above the upper surface ofthe handle of the iron adjacent the front end thereof. The button may bedepressed and manually held down, or it may be depressed and latched indepressed position by turning it to engage the latch pin 34 in recess36.

The container 20 is of the aerosol type and contains an aqueous solutionof starch under pressure which is released through the tubes 22 upondepression of the operating button 30, which can be done at any timewhile the iron is being operated. Upon depletion of the starch solutionin a container, the container may be removed from the iron and a freshcontainer inserted We claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an aerosol-type cartridge containingliquid starch under pressure adapted to be inserted bodily into a cavityin a pressing iron, comprising a generally cylindrical container havingat its one end downwardly and outwardly directed tubes communicatingwith the interior of the container and adapted to be received withinpassages in the body of the iron, and having means at the other end ofthe container which when operated causes discharge of a starch mistthrough said tubes.

1. As a new article of manufacture, an aerosol-type cartridge containingliquid starch under pressure adapted to be inserted bodily into a cavityin a pressing iron, comprising a generally cylindrical container havingat its one end downwardly and outwardly directed tubes communicatingwith the interior of the container and adapted to be received withinpassages in the body of the iron, and having means at the other end ofthe container which when operated causes discharge of a starch mistthrough said tubes.